Show to make mahe various K rinds ind s of auk in the best manner ink similar to china ink six parts of isinglass in twelve of water one martof part of spanish liquor ice in two of water mix the solutions while warm with one part of ivory black you must add or mix mix them the P parts arts in small portions stirring them well when the mixture is complete the me composition must be slowly evaporated jedof of its water and the paste can be formed farmed into any shape and the drying completed this is considered to be a good substitute for china ink it is simple and aas easy made japan writing ink boil fo four ur ounces of logwood one hour hoar in in r six ix quarts of warter supplying 1 in i th the deficiency as it wastes strain the liquor and add more water to make the quantity five quarts if it be deficient and while the liquor is still hot add twenty ounces of bruised braided aleppo galls four ounces of sulphate of iron copperas peras burned to whiteness three ounces Ot of brown rown sugar or loaf six six ounces of gum arable arabic half an a ounce of acetate of copper blue ditrol vit rol keep all in a vessel for fourteen d days avs frequently agitating it during that time abc afterwards er let it stand to rest till the coarse cears e parts faa fall to the bottom then pour off and bottle for u use s e N B the logwood must be the best oam cam peachy this is the best ink for writing iti I 1 a w with th steel pens as the copperas is deprived if of it its s sulphuric ric acid and does not so BO readily injure the pen I 1 I 1 I 1 blue ink of the finest deep color prussian blue and one sixth part of oxalic acid pounded together I 1 diluted in a small quantity of water keep this solution or rather mixture until the ingredients are perfectly combined nine days is the time it ought to stand make it writing thickness by adding pure water and aad a little dissolved gum arable arabic I 1 good red ink boil a strong stron d decoction ec 0 c t ion of gl brazil wood and add a little a alum m a and d gum arable arabic A strong solution of cochineal with cream of tartar and alum or of tin in very small quantities makes a most brilliant red ink but it is too expensive for common use it would be beautiful for illuminating parch I 1 j ment writing as it gives it a more brilliant col 1 1 or when used upon some animal substance than vegetable Tege table like paper adi green reen ink dissolve distilled verdigris is in in strong t r 0 ng vinegar and make it into a proper consistency sis i st tency e y for writing by a solution of gum arable arabic yellow ink A little alum added to saffron and water makes a good yellow ink thicken with gum I 1 Ei explanation the reason why gum is required in all ink is that most of the legeta able and animal substances used in making co I 1 lors combine with the water in which they are boiled or scalded so intimately that some other subs substance tonce or substances are needed to set the particles of color free from the water so that they may leave an impression upon the paper thus copperas alum of tin acetate 0 of f lead and a number of other substances substance 8 are used to set free the particles of color or what hat is called precipitating gum arable arabic or some other glutinous substance holds the particles of color in solution in other words from falling 1 to the bottom and leaving the water by itself and the coloring matter nothing but a thick sedi sediment ment I 1 we have given receipts for making various kinds of ink those who are fond of illuminating cards will find them invaluable amer |